Explain total expectation- poisson and negative binomial

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Total Expectation: Poisson and Negative Binomial

A number N is chosen according to a Poisson distribution with mean 10. A fair coin is then tossed until N +1 heads are obtained. What is the expected number of tosses it will take to stop the experiment?

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